Author Description

This work, in four volumes, takes the documented ancestry of Melanie Krein Remple from her to her Gateway Ancestors and from them to all known ancestors. These include notable historical figures in medieval history. To name just a few, in these pages you will find King Edward III and his queen, Philippa of Hainaut, King Edward II and his queen Isabella Capet a great-granddaughter of St. Louis, King Edward I of England with both of his wives Eleanor of Castile (daughter of St. Fernando) and Margaret Capet (granddaughter of St. Louis), King Henri Capet of France, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, St. Margaret, El Cid, and St. Vladimir of Kiev. Also, included are Kenneth MacAlpin, William the Conqueror, St. Margaret of Scotland, King Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as Rollo the Dane, with many other kings and queens of medieval Europe. The document ends with Merovech who fought Attila the Hun in 451 A.D. and with Cerdic of Wessex, the earliest documented ancestor of the English royal line.These volumes contain thousands of footnotes and references. The references that I have used in most cases are the same as those used by hereditary societies to track the ancestry of their applicants. These are listed in the bibliography at the end of each volume.Ky W. White was been drawn to the stories of his own ancestors when he was a boy in West Texas. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has an in-depth background in military history.Upon leaving the army, he worked in industry as a mechanical, electrical, chemical, and petroleum engineer. After thirty years in industry, he went to graduate school and earned a master’s degree in history in 2010. His work now focuses upon Medieval Ancestry and Colonial America.